Exam 4: D: Sensation and Perception

Due to a lack of depth cues when the moon is overhead,the moon looks larger when it is overhead than when it is on the horizon.

When people lose an arm,they may at first have a phantom arm and hand,while many years later,the phantom may shrink,until only a hand is felt at the shoulder.

Critics of modern ESP research argue that subjects who temporarily show ESP have received credit for a(n)__________.

A person will be able to recognize people of other races better if the person is in a positive mood rather than a negative mood.

With regard to gustation,we are most sensitive to sweet tastes and least sensitive to bitter ones.

The theory that explains motion sickness as a mismatch in information received by the eyes and the body is called the __________ theory.

Marian is 44 years old and is getting glasses for the first time because she cannot read the small print in the telephone book like she could when she was younger.Marian has been diagnosed with presbyopia.

When the two different images,one from each eye,are fused into one overall image,three-dimensional sight occurs,which is referred to as __________ vision.

Many of J.B.Rhine's ESP experiments made use of a deck of 25 cards,each bearing one of five symbols.These cards are known as __________ cards.

Your skin receptors detect five different sensations,which are cold,warmth,pressure,light touch,and __________.

Like most experiences,seeing a "sunrise" is a mental model of an event,that is actively created by your brain and is referred to as a(n)__________.

The "hole" in the retina where the optic nerve leaves the eye forms an area known as the __________.

The fact that we see afterimages is supported by the opponent-process theory of color vision.

A long-time rock musician who has been exposed to very loud sounds most likely suffers from a conductive hearing loss.

Identify and describe the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight; and then explain four of the six Gestalt organizing principles of perception and give examples of each.

Differentiate between the warning and reminding systems regarding pain messages; describe Melzack and Wall's gate control theory; and explain how it is related to the pain control methods of acupuncture and counterirritation.

Taking a fresh look and paying attention to sensations we have previously ignored is known as __________.

Name the four basic taste sensations,describe the new fifth taste,tell how sensitive humans are to each taste and how this difference in sensitivity may have prevented poisonings,and explain why there are so many different flavors if only four (or five)tastes exist.

Changes in the brain that alter how we process sensory information so that we can focus on just one part of a group of stimuli rather than processing all of the stimuli is called __________.

Although you smelled the distinct odors of a pot of cabbage cooking on the stove when you first entered the kitchen,you now no longer smell these odors after being in the kitchen for thirty minutes due to the process of sensory gating.